Nurse-Initiated Protocol to Improve Timely Antibiotic Administration in Pediatric Open Fractures.

Kylie Scallon Jessica Lee Meghan Spencer Makayla Schissel Zebulon Timmons Angela Hanna Hannah Sneller

Published in: Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses (2024)

Our study demonstrates that initiating evidence-based treatment orders from triage helped decrease the time from arrival to time of antibiotic administration in patients with open fractures. We sustained improvement for 24 months after the implementation of our intervention.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
minimally invasive
primary care
emergency department
healthcare
quality improvement
young adults